SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-17-09 09:59 AM
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Two Black Role Models Done In By Hubris
What do you think of this article?
In the past few weeks, the two most famous and arguably most successful black men in America have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both pro golfer Tiger Woods, just named Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press, and the American president, Barack Obama, the first black person to lead the country, suffer from a surfeit of hubris which has finally caught up with them. If both men somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right. Both have crashed to earth and it may well be true that they can never recover their earlier status again.
While Woods' "indiscretions" affect only himself and his family, he has felt the sting of the media invasion and a permanent loss of privacy. His reputation as sport's good family guy is gone. For Barack Obama the honeymoon is really over, even those who wanted to give him a chance are getting tired of what is not getting done, what was promised and reneged on. There is disappointment enough in both of them.
It is tragic when an icon falls. When a black icon stumbles the tragedy seems doubly problematic. Mike Tyson, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jackson were all at the tops of their fields before revelations that made them less palatable as heroes and less of a role model for young black men. They have all been partially rehabilitated but not without a huge cost...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-solod-warren/two-black-role-models-don_b_394421.html
What do I think?
I think it is a load of horsehit. Each personality listed is an entertainer or athlete. It reduces blacks to harlequin status for their white lords who will by proxy heap money and job opportunities on "lesser blacks" via welfare, food stamps, affirmative action etc.
What galls me most about liberalsim is that people who have to ACCOMPLISH something other than leaping and gyrating do not get recognized. Where are the mentions of the Clarence Thomas, Janice Rogers Brown, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell and Condoleeza Rice personalities?
Why can't they be role models?
ANSWER: Self-reliane leads to conservatism
You sure as hell wouldn't want young "blacks" (never called Americans) to grow-up to be the next Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Jeremiah Wright.
Oh...and BTW: Barack Obama is half white....as is Tiger Woods. Which side should ANYbody follow?
Unless it has nothing to do with color but "content of their character".
You ****ing racist pinheads.
